Goal:

Students from 15 to 80 years old who seek to be trained in a comprehensive way in Music and Composition. The courses take place every time 10 members per course sign up.

 

Aim:

At the end of the course, the student will be able to compose music without stylistic limitations and to radically expand his palette of compositional tools and resources, with the aim of achieving emotional intelligence in the expression of the music created, he will also be able to learn the basics of production to produce your own material. The idea is to give a complete and comprehensive idea of the world of composition in all its aspects, both technical and theoretical.

 

Syllabus:

 

A) Introduction to Composition:

 

- The chart of musical elements and their analysis.

- The 18 Technical Dimensions.

- General structure.

- Music and Composition through human history.

- East and West.

 

B) The Rhythm:

 

- Agogic or Pulse.

- Metric.

- Rhythmic Figures.

- Silences.

- Dots and Ligatures.

- Compasses.

- Syncopation.

- Polyrhythm.

- Polymetry.

- Rhythmic density.

 

C) Traditional Harmony:

 

- Harmonics Theory.

- Intervals.

- Armor and Keys.

- Major and Minor Scales.

- Circle of Fifths.

- Triads and Investments.

- 7th chords and Inversions.

- Tonality (Major, Minor and Harmonic Functions).

- Cadences and Progressions.

- Modality.

 

D) The Melody:

 

- Relationship Rhythm and Melody.

- Forbidden and Passage Notes.

- The Tetrachords.

- Modal Scales.

- Modal Scales with Alteration.

- Pentatonic Scales

- Be-Bop and Blues scales.

- Exotic Scales.

- Altered Scales.

- 18 Melodic Emotional Dimensions.

- Melodic Construction.

- Decisive point.

- Motion.

- Repeated Note.

- Real and Passage Note.

- The Character (The Spoken Melody).

- Variation and its methods.

- Types of Melody.

-OneNote.

- Loose Notes.

- Loop.

- The Popular Refrain.

- The Leit Motiv.

- The Infinite Melody.

- Arpeggios (Instrumental).

- Melodic ornaments.

- Articulation.

- Dynamics.

- Emotional Interval.

 

E) Non-Tonal Harmonic Systems:

 

- Harmonic Extensions.

- The Mirror Effect.

- Tritonic Harmony.

- Counterpoint.

- Modal Cardinal Points.

- Functional and Emotional Harmony.

- Dark Harmony.

- Artificial Systems (Juxtaposed).

- Polytonality.

- Modern Harmony.

- Verticalities (Hyper-Extended Chords).

- Harmonic Rhythm.

- Naturalism.

- Serialism.

- Free Atonalism.

- Emotional Modulation.

- Harmonic System against Scale.

- Improvisation.

 

F) Structuring and Form:

 

- Rhythmic Structures.

- Melodic Structures.

- Harmonic Structures.

- General structure.

- Analysis.

 

G) Instrumentation:

 

- The piano.

- Guitar.

- The Percussions.

- The ropes.

- The Breaths (Woods and Metals).

- The voice.

- Basic Synthesis and MIDI.

 

H) Assemblies:

 

- Quartets and Octets.

- Chamber Music.

- Jazz/Rock band.

- The chorus.

- Mixed Ensembles.

- Assemblies with Electronic Track.

 

 

I) Musical Production (Optional Plus):

 

- Sibelius.

- Logic Pro and Ableton Live.

- DAWs and Plugins.

- Recording of Guitars and Basses.

-Recording of Voices and Choirs.

- The 9 basic pillars of a well-done mix.

- Compressors and Limiters.

- Equalizers and Spectrum Analysis.

- Tricks to grow the Mixture.

- Mastering.

 

 

The course features guest mentors in some of the music production classes.

Everything that is studied is put into practice in the form of tasks to be carried out weekly, PDFs of each class are also delivered to have access to the information.

 

Duration:

 

The course lasts 12 months, 1 year.

1 weekly class of 2 hours, except holiday dates.

 

Cost:

$130 USD per month per student.

Maximum 10 students per course.

The course is given through the zoom platform.

Payment is made by PayPal or Transfer, depending on the country.

 

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